{"id":94,"date":"2017-10-02T16:07:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T13:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disco.teak.fi\/asia\/?p=94"},"modified":"2021-10-19T14:19:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T11:19:45","slug":"the-twentieth-century-java","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disco.teak.fi\/asia\/the-twentieth-century-java\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twentieth Century"},"content":{"rendered":"

Until the beginning of the twentieth century much of Java\u2019s traditions of classical dance and theatre discussed above had been closely guarded treasures of the courts. Dance was mainly intended for court rituals, and its training was basically a means of educating the aristocracy and the court. The early years of the 20th<\/sup> century brought about a number of changes that have come to be called the \u201cdemocratization of dance\u201d.<\/p>\n

In 1918 the first dance society, Kridha Beka Wirama, was founded in Yogyakarta to teach court dances to all, regardless of class. The idea was launched by the son of the Sultan of Yogyakarta, and the teachers included the best dance masters of the kraton.<\/i> This marked the beginning of a still-active custom whereby the court traditions of Yogyakarta are taught in private dance societies to all who are interested, often for only a nominal fee.<\/p>\n

At present, the societies receive part of their income from performances aimed mainly at tourists. The leading dance societies in Yogyakarta that actively stage performances are the kraton-<\/i>related Dalem Pujokusuman and Dalem Notopraian associations.<\/p>\n

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